Metaphor Poems - Examples of all types of metaphor poetry to share and read. This list of metaphor poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Glass in the IronA fragment of glass in the iron,
can't you see it? It's here!
Almost heart shaped enough,
to alter one's perception,
as the beats depart,
only to reappear.
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Categories:
metaphor, anxiety, conflict, emotions, extended
Form: Free verse
My Heart’s GardenCrafts loves this is a mystery I see
I didn’t know I suffer the same fate
I too have a garden, mahogany
Vines twist rocks onyx and alabaster
Oaks and ember leaves in zeal flutter light
Azure sky cast a...
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Categories:
dark, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
BoogeymanFeet patter through the leaves of the oak wood
Her breaths frantic blond hair bent back
Stops swivels and pivots seeing all she could
Body sways and she prays for air to catch
Then she see it lurch,...
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Categories:
metaphor, dark, evil, gothic, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Kessi Awendo, Certain Affairs Fay, Charms street AffairA breeze of super heated love the ancients called it
At the forth angle trumped up charges bemoan you
Twas a case of of an eagle eating a chic..... cry folly
Cry folly for Roy was as is...
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Categories:
metaphor, child abuse, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Beatrix Macabre Is a Poetess BecauseMuttered the gothic maiden tattered blue dress hand out,
lachrymose tea pours in yes my dear there are no dark poets left,
they all died off now whose the best do throw some in to test?
Tee...
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Categories:
metaphor, career, character, dark, devotion,
Form: Bio
Artist of TimeBurst of scarlet splash of ember
Wingspan opens and the colors darken
Flap as feathers fly into the air
To drift as snow with little care
Images flow with new scenes
Baby blue azure never change
Flock the swarm a vortex
Flash...
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Categories:
dark, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Rose Tinted WindshieldsQuicksand caught generation epoch,
restless whirring of a drill in the dust.
Zenith of color shifts saturation to none,
black and white film on video cassette.
Ensnared in a cage lowering to molten,
hourglass is losing sand to run dry.
Eyes...
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Categories:
metaphor, dark, deep, destiny, extended
Form: Free verse
Lilith, Finale MoonZenith swirls of black rose petals,
burst into a flock of circling crows,
descending ash and rain on my frozen form.
Viscera and scarlet pools flash,
feet running of a child,
car screeching tires with broken glass.
Piano motif grave into...
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Categories:
metaphor, beautiful, change, dark, death,
Form: Bio
Too Close To The EdgeThe world tilts into a crescendo,
manifesting a lure of viral plague,
pervasive and fangs virulent,
sickening coquettish carnivorous creatures.
Why bother with their musings,
why care?
A question that reminds me I am human,
but am I?
Do I appear as one...
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Categories:
dark, extended metaphor, gothic,
Form: Bio
Misses MadHatterDrag blade into coliseum gates red,
crimson armor and black carbon metal,
adore my frame as a scarlet knight bred.
Toothy grin, Cheshire eyes, test thy mettle.
Burst petals onyx
Shockwave from footfall rumbles
It’s a massacre
Titan comes through the open...
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Categories:
dark, death, gothic, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Family Reunion Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude
Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true
This must entrust you knot the thread bear
Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share
Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...
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Categories:
metaphor, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Acts of Horror Gets HorrorEyeless it manifested from the depths of the abyssal darkness of the woods.
Hide reflective more muscle almost fleshless ribbon peeled back skull necklace.
Limbs contort and pop grotesque as it moves closer permeated hiss from its...
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Categories:
metaphor, dark, death, dog, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Wings On Your FeetPut wings on your feet
And fly out lies and untruth
That beseech your life....
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Categories:
life, metaphor, truth, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
Heart
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."
E.E. Cummings
Heaven sent you to be with me
Even though I value being free.
As an unexpected turn,
Resistance was...
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Categories:
heart, love, metaphor, relationship,
Form: Acrostic
A Touch O' LightMine o’ quick heart, 'neath powdered mist o’ light,
Before dawn's chance to sway thy command,
Hold me here, still, delay this cloak o’ night,
And return my love with thy gentlest hand.
Tell the story o’...
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Categories:
metaphor, devotion, emotions, longing, love,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Metaphor Poems
Read wonderful metaphor poetry on the following sub-topics:
animal, family, friends, football, kids, lion, love, loneliness, moon, nature, yourself
and more.
Definition | What is Metaphor in Poetry?
Poems Related to Metaphor
symbol, image, analogy, similitude, emblem, personification, allegory, hope, metonymy, trope,